Gypsy woman told my mother, 'fore I was born You got a boy-child coming, gonna be a son of a gun Gonna make pretty womens jump and shout Then the world wanna know what this all about
But you know I'm here Everybody knows I'm here Well, I'm the hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I'm here
I got the black cat bone and I got a mojo tooth I got the John the conquerer root, gonna mess with you I'm gonna make you girls lead me by my hand And then the world will know the hoochie coochie man
But you know I'm here Everybody knows I'm here Well, I'm the hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I'm here
On the seventh hour, on the seventh day On the seventh month, seven doctors say "He was born for good luck, that you'll see" I got seven hundred dollars, don't you mess with me
But you know I'm here Everybody knows I'm here Well, I'm the hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I'm here